Thermal vacuum chamber

A thermal vacuum chamber (TVC) is a vacuum chamber in which the radiative thermal environment is controlled.

Typically the thermal environment is achieved by passing liquids or fluids through thermal shrouds for cold temperatures or through the application of thermal lamps for high temperatures.

Thermal vacuum chambers are frequently used for testing spacecraft or parts thereof under a simulated space environment.

See also

• Space Environment Simulation Laboratory
• NASA's Space Power Facility (World's Largest thermal vacuum chamber), Ref: http://facilities.grc.nasa.gov/spf/index.html
• NASA's Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility (Very Large Thermal vacuum chamber), Ref: http://facilities.grc.nasa.gov/b2/index.html
• NASA's Cryogenic Propellant Tank Facility (K-Site) (Large thermal vacuum chamber supporting dust experiments), Ref: http://facilities.grc.nasa.gov/ksite/index.html
• ESA Large Space Simulator
• NASA Johnson Thermal Vacuum Chamber A
• NASA DynaVac 36" T/V Chamber
• Vacuum engineering
• Vacuum chamber
• Thermal Vacuum Chamber